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M= G. $TANDLEY. REGISTERING STAMP.

' (EN TILED MAY8,1912

Patented: July 15,1913.

INVENTOR radii]; (5. Stand {q} MEREDITH G. STANDLEY, OF CINCINNATI,OHIQ.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Patented July 15, 1913,

Application filed May 3, 1912. Serial No. 694.857. 7

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I. Mnnnorrn G. STAND- LEY, acitizen of the United States. residing at Cincinnati, in the county ofHamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements inllegister- 'ing-Stainps, of which the following is aspecification reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to hand stamps and has special reference to ahand stamp adapt-- ed to give a duplicate impression, one impressionbeing on an article exterior of the same, as for instance a bill orreceipt, and the other impression being on material held .within thesame to constitute a register of the impressions made upon the exterior.

The principal obj ectof the invention is to improve the generalconstruction of a stamp of this character.

A second object of the invention is to provide a stamp of this characterwherein the inking Will-be accomplished by means of inking pads of thetype such as are commonly used with the ordinaryhand stamp and wherein apad of felt covered withcloth is impregnated with a suitable ink of acharacter that will readily lend itself to deposition on a surfacepressed against the same.

With the above and other objects in View this invention consists ingeneral of certain novel constructions. combinations and arrangements ofparts as will be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, andspecifically claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, like characters of reference indicatelikeparts in the several views, and Figure 1 is a transverse section througha stamp constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is asection at right angles to Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective ot-acertain ink pad and a controlling a1 'angeinent therefor as used inconnection With this stamp. Fig. fl is a detail View of a certain slideused in connection with the device. Fig. 5 is a detail View of a certainpad used for pressing a paper strip against certain (diameters.

The stamp as constructed in accordance with this invention consists in acasing 10 which is mounted upon a base casing 11 and is slidabletherein, being prevented from ex cessive movement by intnrned' flanges12 .t'ormed on theengaging portions of the two casings. Viithin thecasing'lO there secured a frame 13 which carries a shaft 14, the latterbeing supported on the upper ends of springs 15 held in spring cases 16supported on plates 17, the lower ends Where of pass through suitableslots in the casing 10 and are secured to the lower ends 11 so that thelower ends-of the springs are stationary with reference to the lowercasing.

It. will be seen that by this construction whenever the casing 10 isforced downward into the casing 11 the springs 15 will be compressed sothat when the pressure is removed the casing 10 will again mote upward.On the'lower end of the casing 10 .is supported a stain 18havingflsuital'ile characters such as t e name of the firm using thestamp, the word Paid? or any other suitable inscription fiormed on theunderside thereof. This stamp furthermore has a transverse slot 19extending thereacross and connecting the two sides of the frame 13 andlying in this slot is a bearing 20.

Carried on the shaft 1% is a series of drums 21 each of which isprovided ,Wit-li periph eral teeth 22. Each of the drums 21isfurtherrnore provided with a flange 23 provided with teeth 24 betweenwhich are. suitable characters 25 as will he hereinafter described. Inorder to rotate-these drums 21 a recess 26. is formed in the side of thecasing 10 and in this recess is a window 27 through which the teeth 24project. Adjacent the upper part of the frame 13 is a secondcrossbar 28and around the two cross bars 20 and 28 lying on each sideot thedrums'2lis a series of endless bands Qlhaving printing characters 30formed thereon. These endless bands furthermore are provided withnotches 31 which'engage the teeth 22 on the drums 21. Each of theseendless hands has a double series of characters theroonas for instancetwo sets of charactersrepresenting the months of 'the veararrangedcousccin tively or two sets of digitssimilarly arranged. andthese characters are so Spaced that when one such character as Jan. in

one setlies beneath the plate 90 the charac tor Jan. of the second setwill lie above the plate 28. Hinged to each side of the this manner theink pads beah' against the stamp 18 and the character. beneath the plate20. I

When itis desired to impress the characters on the stamp and beneaththebar 20 shaft 34 consisting of a drum which carries a roll of paper35. A haft 36 is likewise detachably supported in the frame 13 and onthis shaftis wound the paper rolled off from the drum 34, the shaft 36thus constituting a paper-receiving drum. The shaft 36 is furthermoreprovided with a ratchet 37 which is adapted for engagement with atoothed bar 38. which extends downward within the casing 10 and passesthrough a slot 39 t the outside-of the casing, the lower end of the barbeing s pcured to thecasing 11 as at 40. The upper end of this bar isreduced so as to form a spring so thalr'the teeth thereon may yieldablyengage with the teeth of the ratchet 37. Ateach side of thc'frame 13there is carried.v a pair of spaced ribs 41 arranged to form aguidewherein slides a plate 42 provided with an opening 43 adjacent eachof its sides. Secured to the easing 11 and extending inward throughslots 44 are bars 45 each of which supports a cam consisting of twotriangular plates connected at their apices as indicated at 46. Theseplates pass through the slots 43. The plate 42 normally projects overthe bar 28 and on the underside of the plate is carried an inking pad 47which normally bears against the character lying on top of the plate 28.Pivotally mounted on the frame 13 is an arm 48 which has a downwardlyextending portion 49 terminating in a transverse portion 50. On theunderside of this portion 50 is a pad 51 of felt, rubber, or the like.Attached to the opposite end of the arm 48 is a screw 52 whereon isanadjust-able collar 53 and this screw is arranged to pass through a stopmember 54 secured upon the casing 11 so that provision is thus made foractuating the lever 48 at the proper moment. In the operation of thisportion of the device it will be seen that as the casing 10 is depressedthe plates 46 move upward with reference to the. plate 42 and the partswill remain in the a position shown in Fig. 1 so far as "regards thepaper. the inking pad, and other like parts. until the cams 46 engagewhat may be termed the rear end of the slots 43 with their" inclinededges. This will then cause the plate 42 to move laterally within theguides 41 and when this plate had passed clear of the character lying onthe bar 28, the stop 53 being properly set, the pad 51 will be forceddown and carry with it the paper 35, thus causing the same to engage thecharacters on the bar '28 and receive an impression therefrom. At thesame time, as previously described, the bill, or like piece. of paper,

' upon which the stamp rests receives a similar impression. When thestamp is released the teeth of the toothed bar 38 engage the teeth ofthe ratchet 37 and rotate the drum 36, thus moving the paper to bring afresh portion in position for receiving the impression.

There has thus been provided a simple and efiicient device of the kinddescribed, and for the purposes specified.

It is obvious that many minor changes may be made in the form andconstruction of this invention without departing from the materialprinciples thereof and it is therefore not wished to confine the deviceto the. exact form herein shown and described, but itis wished toinclude all such as properly come within the scope claimed.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is

1. In a hand stamp, a casing, paper ribbon carrying rolls movablymounted within said caslng, a second casing supporting the first casing,said first casing being movable with reference to the second casing,means actuated by the movement of one of said casings with reference tothe other to intermittently move said ribbon carrying rolls, duplicatesets of printing characters within the first casing, inking pads in saidcasings normally bearing against corresponding characters in each set,said pads being moved from said characters by the movement of one casingrelative to the other. a pressure pad within the first casing, saidcharacters and pad being supported to impress one of the correspondingcharacters on a surface exterior to the casing simultaneous to theactuation of the pad to force a paper ribbon carried by said rollsagainst the other corresponding character. 7

2. In a hand stamp. a casing, paper ribhon carrying rolls revolublymounted within characters, means to move said pad away from saidcharacters as one casing is moved with reference to the other, otherinking pads hinged at the lower part of said casings and hearing againsta corresponding character, the last-mentioned pads being yieldably heldto move away from the last-mentioned character when one casing is movedwith reference to the other, and a pressure pad Within the first casing,said characters and pad being supported to impress correspondingcharacters on a surface exterior to the casing, and a paper ribbonsupported on said r011.

in testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in presence of twoWitnesses.

MEREDITH G. STANDLEY.

Witnesses: I

W. A. HICKS, -L. R. Hloxs.

